Poetry Jun 05 Watch this 7th grader use slam poetry to tell girls: ‘You are good enough’ Olivia Vella wanted to tell girls her age that they were talented, smart and beautiful -- no matter how often they were told otherwise. By Elizabeth Flock
Poetry Aug 03 How slam ‘breaks the silence’ for marginalized voices For Janae Johnson, a Boston-based spoken word poet who won the Women of the World Poetry Slam this spring, poetry is a bold act of breaking the silence. By Corinne Segal
Jan 20 Watch The conflict in Syria through the eyes of a young poet Instead of weapons, Amal Kassir uses words to fight. An 18-year-old Syrian-American activist, Kassir grew up in Syria, but now lives in the United States, where she performs slam poetry to bring attention to the suffering in the Middle East. By PBS News Hour